asterisk users - Oct 2007 - German SIP and/or IAX providers?

Hi, all.  My company is setting up a branch office in Germany, and I'm
very interested in a VoIP provider over thataway.  However, I'd need a few
things:

- Reliability.  Can't have my branch office's DID's just going down.
A
company with a proven track record would be very, very good.
- English.  I speak great English, decent Spanish... and zilch German. 
So, as provincial as it might make me, I need a company I could talk to if
the chips are down.

And that's about -it-.  I'm even willing to pay a reasonable premium, so
long as it gets me a VoIP provider with the above restrictions.

Any suggestions?

Thanks much!

-Ken

Hello Ken,
> Hi, all.  My company is setting up a branch office in Germany, and I'm
> very interested in a VoIP provider over thataway.  
as I am living in Germany, let me advise you against using VoIP
providers in Germany. Most of the time they do work, but they are not
as reliable as a regular phone company.

What I do is, use a regular phone line (ISDN BRI) for incoming
traffic, and utilize the VoIP providers for dialing out.

What is your reasoning for a VoIP provider?

BTW: The language should not be the problem. The service is poor, no
matter what language...
-- 
Best regards

Peer Oliver Schmidt
PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA

On Friday 12 October 2007 04:38, Ken D'Ambrosio
wrote:
> Hi, all.  My company is setting up a branch office in Germany, and I'm
> very interested in a VoIP provider over thataway.  However, I'd need a
few
> things:
>
> - Reliability.  Can't have my branch office's DID's just going
down.  A
then you have to chosse for incomming calls ISDN and route from there to other 
destinations if needed.
For outgoing use an sip provider, ISDN for special numbers not supported by 
SIP provider.
> And that's about -it-.  I'm even willing to pay a reasonable
premium, so
> long as it gets me a VoIP provider with the above restrictions.
save your money and spend it for ISDN lines as long as the calls have more 
then 80% final destination in your local office.

Consider also that your DSL line can go down, thats not the responsibilty of 
the SIP provider. 
ISDN is in Germany extremly reliable.